Example sentences of "in [art] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study assembled evidence on the sources of funds for social science research in Britain during the 1980 's and the patterns of expenditure by subject and type of research , and examined changes in the patterns of funding over time . |
| 2 | The changes in the composition of income over this period are shown in the Table . |
| 3 | For instance , these reactors are the only ones in the country with power over one megawatt which do not have an independent shut-down system . |
| 4 | In an ugly incident in November , armed raiders forced staff at the Athena/Claude Gill Bargain Bookshop on Oxford Street , London , to hand over at gunpoint around £4,500 from the safe and left them locked in the basement with tape over their mouths . |
| 5 | However , despite Laud 's personal antipathy towards the papacy , the 1630s did see a growth in the influence of Catholicism over the English government and an improvement in relations between Charles 's court and the papal curia , and for the large numbers of English Protestants who were unable to distinguish between Arminianism and popery and who regarded Laud as little more than an agent of Rome , there could be no doubt that the archbishop was to blame . |
| 6 | Throughout the whole period Britain remained " Great " in the sense of ruling over the largest empire in human history . |
| 7 | It follows in virtue of this control that companies have power not only in the sense of discretion over the allocation of resources between different uses , but also in a more invasive sense of an ability to influence individual desires and conduct . |
| 8 | We have so far considered corporate decision-making power in the sense of discretion over what to produce , in what quantities , and at what price . |
| 9 | He developed statistical techniques to study the variability of wild populations and to measure changes in the range of variability over time . |
| 10 | But if anarchists are right to think that it can never be made , this is for contingent reasons and not because of any inconsistency in the notion of a rational justification for authority , nor in the notion of authority over moral agents . |
| 11 | Cipollini , who recently declared himself to be the fastest finisher in the world , crossed the line in second place but with both arms in the air in protest over Abdoujaparov 's jersey-pull , which , say the race referees , occurred twice in the last half-mile . |
| 12 | However , there is no doubt that the most important event for the museum will be the exhibition ‘ Au Louvre d'après les Maîtres ’ ( 26 April to 23 June 1993 ) that chronicles the active role played by the Louvre in the history of art over the last two centuries . |
| 13 | Instances of cruelty and mania , in O'Brian and Forester , are not minimised , but they are subordinate to the drive of a story towards the traditional and expected ending in the triumph of right over wrong , of good over evil . |
| 14 | Most difficult to resolve in the struggle for jurisdiction over clerks who were charged with crimes was whether they could be tried twice , as clause three of the royal Constitutions of Clarendon ( 1164 ) outlined , first in the king 's court and then in the church court , and whether , if found guilty , they should be handed over to a civil court for the passing of the sentence . |
| 15 | In sum , the general impression to be gained from the literature is that industrial profits were slimmed over the period , but by nothing like as much as bald balance sheet figures suggest , and that an easing in the cost of finance over the 1960s was followed by a hardening in the early 1970s . |
| 16 | In recognition to the part Sue Davies has played in the promotion of photography over the years , she was awarded an OBE in 1988 . |
| 17 | Officers at Darlington Borough Council say the gloves are off in the battle for compensation over the town 's £12m Dolphin Centre sports complex . |
| 18 | To play a part in the problems of geology over the next few decades geomorphologists must forget their trivial catchments and see mega forests instead of trees … |
| 19 | In 1906 , in a sign of growing national confidence in the aftermath of victory over Russia , seven of these were raised to the status of embassies . |
| 20 | In fact businessmen wanted State assistance but they were not prepared to offer any real quid pro quo in the shape of control over their activities . |
| 21 | Some writers have attempted to draw up some general guidelines which relate the weeding of research material to the concept of obsolescence — the diminution in the use of literature over the course of time . |
| 22 | But correct as the analysis may be it is limited to pragmatic instrumentalist legal theory , and the prescription fails to take account of social theories which may help to explain the changes in the rule of law over time . |
| 23 | Identify in their reading , and talk and write about some of the changes in the grammar of English over time , eg in pronouns ( from thou and thee to you ) , in verb forms , in negatives , etc . |
| 24 | Samsung Co , Seoul , South Korea is to install a telephone system for 150,000 subscribers in the province of Opole over the next two years : the South Korean Government is to grant loans totalling $50m for the purpose , to be repaid over the next 15 years , starting in five years . |
| 25 | That such a man should be placed in the role of ruler over God 's chosen people was deemed a curse — an affliction visited by God upon His people , a punishment for transgression both past and present . |
| 26 | It claimed a transformation in the status of embroidery over the last 30 years , from ‘ genteel craft for women ’ to the Art of an ‘ avant-garde ’ on ‘ the cutting edge ’ with ‘ a new spirit of self-expression and innovation ’ . |
| 27 | This both ignores major changes in the definition of unemployment over the period covered by Table 4.1 and compounds residential-based information ( unemployment ) with workplace-based information ( employment ) . |
| 28 | Clearly it is no mere anthropomorphism to point out that the functional relation between these two and their capacity in man to render the species largely independent from and a controller of his natural environment has become a prime factor in the advance of man over other primate species . |
| 29 | This could be done by beating down , as in the assertion of dominance over local authorities . |
| 30 | But underneath all the tough-talking , cryptic statements and pipe-lighting that allows him time to carefully think out his replies , there is another Bill Morrison , a schoolboy at heart , who is happiest sitting in the stands at Lord 's or Twickenham swapping cricketing and rugby stories , who idolises sporting heroes like cricketers Denis Compton and Gary Sobers , four-minute miler Roger Bannister , and former rugby international Gerald Davies , and who is in a fever of excitement over the arrival of his new MG RV8 , a ‘ reincarnation of the old MGB ’ , only ‘ more powerful , more comfortable ( I hope ) and certainly more costly ’ . |